How to Use a Needle Threader | Step by Step

If you find yourself squinting at the eye of a needle or searching for your reading glasses and still squinting at the eye of a needle (that’s me!), then perhaps it’s time to consider the fancy little gadget that came with the last packet of needles you bought. It’s a needle threader and although small and rather odd looking, it is an efficient way to thread a needle that you are battling to see eye to eye with! Learning how to use a needle threader will just take a few minutes and will change how you think about hand sewing forever.

The eye of the needle comes in different sizes depending on the needle and its use in the sewing world. Sometimes a fine needle with a fine eye can just about be impossible to thread!

The pack that you bought the needles in often has a needle threader included and this makes threading a needle a really easy operation if you follow these simple steps.

This device is a simple, low-tech device, but it is still very useful and worth knowing how to use.

How to Use a Needle Threader

Step one: Identify the needle threader. It is a shiny little gadget made of a wire part in a diamond shape and a metal part that looks like a coin. The wire part sticks out of the metal part which is the piece you hold, and the wire part is going to be inserted into the needle.

You can also purchase slightly more durable ones with plastic heads but essentially they all do the same thing – get the thread through the eye of the needle.